10-letter words containing c, o, l, u
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- catalogues — Plural form of catalogue.
- catholicus — catholicos.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- cellulosic — of or made from cellulose
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chock-full — Something that is chock-full is completely full.
- choke-full — chock-full.
- cholagogue — a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- cinquefoil — any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
- circle-out — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clioquinol — An antifungal and antiprotozoal hydroxyquinoline drug, neurotoxic in large doses.
- clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cloud nine — a condition of great joy or bliss; euphoric state
- cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloud rack — a group of moving clouds